January–March 2016

Learn about some exotic animals that can only be explained by a Creator. Also read about significant modern predictions made by creationists that later proved true and discover the role of ancient Near Eastern writings in understanding Scripture.

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Features

• Magazine Article

  Defining Species—An Elephant-Sized Problem

  

  May 21, 2017, pp. 30–33

  Quick, can you tell the difference between an African and an Asian elephant?

• Magazine Article

  Salt Removal on Demand

  

  June 4, 2017, p. 34

  Seabirds have a special gland that helps them drink seawater. Amazingly, a few other birds can develop this salt gland, as needed.

• Magazine Article

  Snowflakes—The Patron’s Gift

  

  Jan. 14, 2017, pp. 36–37

  How can one type of crystal adopt so many beautiful forms? Some of the world’s greatest scientific minds have puzzled over this question.

• Magazine Article

  Why Not a Square Tree?

  

  March 12, 2017, pp. 38–39

  Some realities of nature are so common that we don’t even stop to ask why. Like round trees.

• Magazine Article

  All Systems Go

  

  March 19, 2017, p. 40

  A healthy body requires more than working parts. Somehow they must work together for optimum performance.

• Magazine Article

  Do Creationists Change?

  

  Sept. 2, 2018, pp. 42–45

  If creationists are unwilling to change their basic beliefs, does that mean they’re not true scientists?

• Magazine Article

  How to Myth-Interpret the Bible

  

  Jan. 31, 2017, pp. 46–49

  Our knowledge of the ancient Near East has grown since the discovery of troves of documents and artifacts. Do they have any value in interpreting the Bible?

• Magazine Article

  Plate Tectonics—The Reality Behind a Theory

  

  April 2, 2017, pp. 52–55

  The idea that continents move sounds crazy . . . until you look at the facts.

• Magazine Article

  Reimagining Ark Animals

  

  March 26, 2017, pp. 56–62

  Beneath Noah’s Ark illustrations and toys is a faulty assumption that the creatures on Noah’s Ark looked like the ones we see today.

• Magazine Article

  Creationists’ Power to Predict

  

  July 23, 2017, pp. 64–73

  Since the beginning of modern science, creationists have strived to explain our world based on the unchanging laws of our Creator.

• Magazine Article

  Losing Liberty Without Losing Hope

  

  July 2, 2017, pp. 74–78

  When the United States Supreme Court handed down its controversial decision on same-sex “marriage” last summer, it opened a legal Pandora’s Box.

• Magazine Article

  Gene Editing and Designer Babies—Why the Future Desperately Needs Us

  

  April 30, 2017, pp. 80–84

  The discovery of an easy way to “edit” genes may someday make it possible to manufacture “designer babies.”

Departments

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  Publisher’s Pen

  p. 8

  Even in the midst of cataclysmic upheaval Noah knew his heavenly Father was taking care of him.

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  Readers Respond

  p. 9

  Readers Respond to Answers, October–December, 2015

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  Perspective

  pp. 11–16

  Looking at science and culture from a biblical worldview.

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  Impact

  pp. 19–23

  Reaching others with the creation message.

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  Creation on Display

  pp. 24–28

  Discovering God’s greatness in the world.

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  Creation Basics

  pp. 87–89

  Looking at science and culture from a biblical worldview.

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  Biblical Authority

  pp. 91–94

  God’s Word is our absolute authority for today.

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  Resource Preview

  p. 96

  The timing could not be better for AiG’s new VBS for 2016—Ocean Commotion!

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  Last Word

  p. 98

  Christians need to be equipped to address the great questions of our day regarding science and earth history.

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